Airbnb has announced that it will be cancelling reservations in the Washington, D.C metro area during inauguration. Airbnb states that this decision was made in response to local, state and federal officials asking people not to travel to Washington, D.C. during this time. Airbnb will refund guests in full and pay hosts the money they would have earned from cancelled reservations. Based on the Airbnb statement it doesn’t seem that hosts without existing reservations will be compensated.